चन्द्रहासे तु यो गत्वा ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । स्नानं समाचरेद्भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
candrahāse tu yo gatvā grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ | snānaṃ samācaredbhaktyā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
चन्द्रहासे तु यो गत्वा चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहणे, भक्त्या स्नानं समाचरेत्; स सर्वकिल्बिषैः मुच्यते।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Candrahāsa
Type: tirtha
Scene: Eclipse over a river/ghat at Candrahāsa; devotees bathe with folded hands while the darkened sun/moon hangs in the sky; priests chant and lamps flicker in twilight-like light.
Sacred time (eclipse) joined with sacred place (tīrtha) and devotion intensifies purification.
Candrahāsa tīrtha, especially efficacious during candra/sūrya grahaṇa.
Grahaṇa-snāna—devotional bathing at Candrahāsa during a lunar or solar eclipse.
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